Новости за 21.07.2020

Over 20 people have contracted coronavirus after attending a graduation ceremony and prom at a Missouri high school, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The positive cases come after a July 8 outdoor graduation ceremony followed by an off-site prom two days later for St. Dominic High School. Nineteen students tested positive for the virus, including two […]

President Donald Trump announced that he would resume Coronavirus Task Force briefings starting Tuesday, but it was revealed on Tuesday that the coronavirus briefing won’t actually include any members of the task force. CNN.com reported that no members of the task force are expected to join Trump at the podium Tuesday evening, a person familiar […]

A man was caught on camera this week going off on a racist tirade against a Black Verizon store employee in which he yelled the N-word and pounded on the store windows. The video of the man, which was posted by Virginia resident Percell Wright on Facebook, begins with the man spitting on the window […]

On Tuesday, writing for The New York Times, James Poniewozik outlined how the slow collapse of “The Apprentice” reveals President Donald Trump’s fatal flaw — one that could cost him everything in November. “The finale of the first season of ‘The Apprentice’ in 2004 was the top-rated show on TV. Afterward the host, finally a […]

In a wide-ranging and frequently humorous interview with Daily Beast editors-at-large Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast, the niece of Donald Trump went into some detail about his upbringing and explained that it would be best for the president — and the country — if he was placed in a “psych ward” to be taken care […]

Ohio’s Republican Speaker of the House Larry Householder was just arrested by federal authorities in a $60 million bribery and conspiracy case. Householder ran for office in 2018, saying: “I’m a Pro-Gun, Pro-Life, Christian Conservative with the highest NRA rating in Ohio’s history.” Also arrested were an advisor to the Speaker, the state’s former GOP […]

In an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace that was filmed on Friday, July 17 and aired over the weekend, President Donald Trump bragged about his performance on a cognitive test and challenged former Vice President Joe Biden — the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee — to take the same test. Trump insisted that parts of […]

According to Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin, President Trump is “wildly out of step” with the American public when it comes to vote-by-mail. “Like demanding children return to schools even in the midst of a coronavirus surge, Trump is at odds with actual voters and their state leaders” on the subject, Rubin writes. “Pew Research released a poll Monday […]

On Tuesday, the Daily Mail reported that President Donald Trump declined to wear a mask to a fundraiser at his Washington, D.C. hotel — hours after urging the American people to wear masks in public. “Video emerged late Monday night of the president walking through Trump International Hotel, which is less than a mile from […]

By now, it’s relatively easy to forecast Donald Trump’s tyrannical moves. There are no advanced Frank Underwood-style chess gambits in play here. It’s barely Candyland, despite the fascistic goals involved. Trump is, on top of it all, a simple-minded, easily predictable Golgothan who telegraphs every move of self-preservation. Sometimes it can be reassuring to have a sense of […]

CNN host Alisyn Camerota, who had previously worked at Fox News before switching networks, had some very unkind words for her former employer regarding the shocking sexual assault allegations leveled against recently fired Fox contributor Ed Henry. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, former Fox News producer Jennifer Eckhart alleged that Henry, who was fired […]

A Sacramento man says another customer called him a racial slur during a tantrum at a midtown restaurant. Theek Vault told KCRA-TV he was eating Friday night at Tank House BBQ and Bar on Friday night with friends when he noticed another man who appeared unhappy. “There was a gentleman behind me who was clearly […]

Donald Trump’s disapproval rate in FiveThirtyEight‘s average has only dropped below 50 percent on a handful of days during his first term, and that was before almost 150,000 mostly avoidable deaths resulted from the pandemic. He can’t win by persuading voters that he deserves another term or by turning out his dwindling base. But everyone knows […]

On Tuesday, the Dayton Daily News reported that FBI agents have been summoned to the farm of Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder. “Police activity is being reported at Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s farm in Perry County and the U.S. Attorney’s office said it is holding a 2:30 p.m. press conference today related to $60 […]

On the same day that Iowa marked its highest number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, after three weeks of rapid increase, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds defended her refusal to pass a statewide mask requirement and issued a proclamation mandating that all public schools provide in-person classes within weeks. Employing the Orwellian rhetoric of the Trump […]

The U.S. won’t be getting back to normal anytime soon — certainly not in 2020. Tech entrepreneur Steve Case, a co-founder of America Online and author of the 2016 book “The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future,” addresses that new economic reality in a July 19 op-ed for the Washington Post — and stresses […]

After sharing a clip of Donald Trump telling Fox News host Chris Wallace that he may not accept the decision of the voters in November because he suspects there will be election fraud, “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough explained that is how politicians talk when they know they are going to lose. Adding in clips […]

A pediatrician on Monday heaped shame upon Trump-loving Missouri Gov. Mike Parson after he said that kids who contracted COVID-19 after being sent back to school would “get over it.” Appearing on CNN, Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez said it would be foolish to downplay the potential risks of COVID-19 spreading through schools, even as she acknowledged […]

On Tuesday, writing for Vox, Sean Collins outlined how President Donald Trump has geared his presidency to form a “symbiotic relationship” with white nationalists. Trump signaled his affinity for white nationalism early on by bringing Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller into his administration — the former of whom left, the latter of whom stayed and is […]

President Donald Trump’s poll numbers are bad and getting worse, and Republicans are bracing for a possibly devastating loss in November’s election. The coronavirus pandemic has proven to be an anchor on the president’s political fortunes, and his failures may drag down Mitch McConnell’s Senate majority and increase the Democrats’ House majority, according to political […]

Michael Cohen’s new book will claim President Donald Trump made racist comments about Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela. The revelations were made public in court filings as part of Cohen’s legal battle to be released from federal custody after he was re-arrested July 9, and his lawyers claim the president’s former attorney was sent back […]

According to a report from Politico, Don Trump Jr’s new book will once again be purchased in bulk by the Republican National Committee as a fundraising tool — which is why, he claims, he is self-publishing it. Trump’s oldest son began promoting the book, “Liberal Privilege,” last week when the cover was released containing a typo and, […]

Russia meddled in the 2014 Scottish referendum and the British government failed to ask for a deep assessment of possible Kremlin-directed interference in the Brexit vote as it was slow to recognise the existence of the threat, said a long-awaited British parliamentary report released Tuesday. “There should have been assessment of Russian interference in the […]

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough warned President Donald Trump to stick to the facts when he brings back his daily coronavirus briefings, instead of turning them back into the “Clorox Variety Hour.” The president shut down those briefings after it became clear his rambling, unscientific briefings were dragging down his approval ratings, and the “Morning Joe” host […]

Police in Bergen County on Monday released a surveillance photo of a man they say attacked a gas station attendant with a screwdriver and punched his co-worker in the face during a robbery.The incident occurred about 10:19 p.m. Friday at Woroco Gas on Maple Avenue in Fair Lawn, according to police Sgt. Brian Metzler.Officers called […]